Now Square Enix has now made it known that, for the first time, Pixar will be part of the crossover, as Kingdom Hearts III will include a Toy Story area.

The announcement came at Disney’s annual D23 media event, in which an extended trailer for Kingdom Hearts III was played. In it, we see Sora, accompanied by regular adventuring companions Donald Duck and Goofy, arrive in Andy’s room (at the video’s 54-second mark), where they do battle with an infestation of recurring adversaries the Heartless before meeting Woody, Buzz, and a few other familiar faces from Toy Story.

The preview’s dialogue is in Japanese with English subtitles, which means you can hear the voice of Cowboy Bebop’s Spike Spiegal (voice actor Koichi Yamadera) coming out of Donald’s mouth.

There’s plenty of gameplay shown in the video as well, with Sora zipping about and attacking foes in a combat system that looks somewhat similar to Final Fantasy XV’s. After making their way out of Andy’s room, Sora’s party can be seen fighting Heartless in a suburb steeped in the Pixar aesthetic, accompanied by their new friends.

But while fans are no doubt excited by what they see in the video, it lacks what they probably want to see most of all: an exact release date for the game. Still, the preview does promise that Kingdom Hearst III will go on sale in 2018, which means a maximum of 17 months left to wait, but hopefully far fewer.

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